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It's 9% today, but many were guaranteed 0% for 50 years which was then taken away. It seems the UAE Government just change their mind on a whim - what's next? I spoke with many people who would rather pay 5-12.5% in Europe than 9% in the UAE because of this. They also come with the added...

The 30K limit is for debit card spend - ie the transfers for buying property, moving savings etc wont count towards the 30K limit. It will effect a few people, but I guess the vast majority of their users spend less than 30K monthly just on the debit card.

Just to save you time with Wirex, their cards are down for the moment too.

This list is out of date. Portugal closed most of their program, Greece changed the conditions and doubled the amounts in many places, and Cyprus added a ton of conditions (including income requirements) this year. It looks like this was just copy/pasted or generated in ChatGPT without any...

The suggestions above (Cyprus, Ireland) aren't going to help OP with his aim of being in the Schengen area (atleast for 7-8 years). Portugal D7 or Malta Global Residency Program are going to be the easiest (or renewing 1 year nomad visas).

I made some viewings of apartments in Mexico last year, and a few suggested that Crypto was an option.

Either that, or they will just pay the penalty and treat it as a cost of doing business.

As @CyprusBusiness mentioned, you'll need all of those documents. In my case, they also asked for a scanned copy of every passport page (even empty ones).

Georgia should work

This makes sense regarding B2B transactions, ie buying a pallet of goods from China and reselling them to an Indian business. One issue is that many are selling via Shopify/Amazon/Own website, and these are mostly to individuals, which are specifically excluded (as the law stands today). If they...

No idea regarding Crypto, but they're not SEPA compliant. HSBC don't charge fees, but you'll pay them anyway. Transfer in/out usually gets hit with approx 40 EUR intermediary bank fees (although amounts less than €100 don't seem to get any fees in my experience)

I believe Fred's post can put some people in a dangerous position. Why was that thread locked rather than allow discussion or challenges? I agree with many others that he has published a lot of great advice and helped many on here over the years. I'm sad to see how this will effect his business...

I agree there are workarounds, like with many other things in life, but otherwise, they'll tax you because you're a citizen and move to a country they don't like, or don't follow specific rules they set. I'm not sure if OP's description is "citizenship taxation" like the US is, but it has some...

Plenty of these exist. Spain will 100% tax it's citizens that move to a country they define as a (paraiso fiscal) tax haven. I've met people who were effected by it. Some have a way out, if you can prove you cut all ties to your home country and actually spend +183 days in the tax haven, whilst...

I would probably just purchase gift cards ie for hotels.com, airbnb, uber etc, where you can add the giftcard balance to your own balance (or topup directly via card).

You don't need the permanent residency. The easiest is to start with the temporary 1 year residency and renew it each year (but they wont make their commissions on the 300K). It really is as laid back as some of them are making it - as long as you have no criminal record, earn money from abroad...

Seriously. The digital nomad visa or golden visa (300k investment) aren't the only options, and the stable income thing is easily achieved (transfer 24K yearly from your UK account or Wise/Revolut account into your CY Bank, then spend it anywhere). The most common route for non-EU is to just...

You're right, it wouldn't work if you entered on a tourist visa, but getting residency in Cyprus is very easy. I got my visa as a non-EU citizen and had no issues, likewise I've met many Brits and other non-EU citizens there. Prove around 24K in savings (or 2K monthly income), open a LTD company...

I've met a few Moroccans in Cyprus who had no issues getting their visas. In Cyprus/Malta, they care more that you are earning money from abroad, and will spend some of that money in their country. I'm not sure about the Maltese requirements, but for CY you need to prove around 24K yearly...

60 days is the minimum to maintain your tax residency in Cyprus, not the maximum. You can spend 365 days per year in Cyprus if you wish without changing anything.